Former referee’s vacillating on Sky only adds to view it is becoming too tough to rule on decisions with any authority in the time available ...

REFEREEING has always been a lightning rod in football and recent controversies in African competitions have reignited a ...

The cinch Premiership welcomed the introduction of Video Assistant Referees (VAR) in October 2022, after nearly three years of planning, development and testing. VAR will also be used for all Scottish ...

The Premier League has further delayed the introduction of semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) after the record eight-minute video assistant referee check in the FA Cup fifth-round tie ...

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The Premier League will partner with Genius Sports Limited to produce AI-powered semi-automatic VAR for the 2024/25 season, it was announced this morning. VAR faced serious backlash last season ...

something all the more frustrating in the modern era of video assistant referees (VARs). Premier League clubs complain that it never feels like referees are held fully accountable for errors ...

Last Sunday's serious injury to Awoniyi has led to criticism of the delayed offside rule - but what exactly is it and could ...

But will your correspondent Euan Healy’s cautionary value at risk (VaR) assessment, with a dash of vector autoregression (VAR) on the side, require a second look by football’s “video assistant referee ...

Aston Villa has been angered by a refereeing decision which the club says was a “major contributing factor” in missing out on ...

Aston Villa have made an official complaint after a "big mistake" by referee Thomas Bramall during a 2-0 loss at Manchester ...